Oedipus

Since the beginning of time, man has used various methods on which to pass down stories, beliefs, and myths which explain different aspects of life. From oral tradition, to pictographs, to clay tablets, and onto paper, all compose the world of literature. Literature has always been an infinite realm of ideas, morals, and trains of thought. Although the sphere of literature is encircled with extreme diversity of thought, its core is focused on one theme: …

…protagonist having to suffer for the acts he committed in his past, to the flaw of pride which led him to commit the act, and finally, to the consequences he had to suffer due to his actions, it clearly states and exhibits how the actions of the characters in this story pertain to the common individual not of only the society of Sophocles' time, but also to the individual of the twentieth century as well.